Abstract: | In the title compound, (2-chlorobenzyl)tris(pyridine-2-thiolato)-κ2N,S;κ2N,S;κS-tin(IV), Sn(C7H6Cl)(C5H4NS)3], two of the three pyridine-2-thiolato ligands (SPy) are bidentate and one is monodentate. The bonding C atom of the 2-chlorobenzyl group, the S atom of the monodentate SPy and the S and N atoms of the two bidentate SPy ligands form a distorted octahedron around the Sn atom. The three S atoms and the N atom of one of the bidentate SPy ligands occupy the equatorial positions, while the N atom of the second bidentate SPy ligand and the C(CH2) atom are axial. The axial N—Sn—C angle of 157.9 (1)° demonstrates the heavy distortion of the octahedron. |